*Hmmm... That's kind of a lot.
*I'm linking to 'em, but if they round you up like Steve Kurtz of Critical Art Ensemble, don't you come cryin' to me.
http://syntheticbiology.org/Tools.html
This page contains a collection of links to online tools that are related to Synthetic Biology.
DNA Tools
BBOCUS by Ferro and Purrello lab
BBOCUS (BackTranslation Based On Codon Usage Strategy) is a re-implementation of the algorithm in Graziano Pesole's BACKTR. It's based on cluster analysis (Complete Linkage algorithm), that requires a similarity matrix D containing distance between each pair of sequences of mRNA. After cluster analysis, backtranslation is performed on sequences of homogeneous pool. Unlike in Graziano Pesole's method, where the choose of homogeneous pool was made by a biologist, the choose of cluster in BBOCUS is fully automatic. A Codon Usage Table (CUT) is created through sequences of homogeneuos pool. Generally, to backtranslate an amino acid in a protein the codon chosen it is the one has maximum frequency.
Biopolymer calculator by Schepartz lab
Calculate extinction coefficients, Tm's, and base composition for your DNA or RNA; calculate amino acid composition and extinction coefficient for your protein
Clipboard by Austin Che
Web tool for getting complement, reverse complement, translation and restriction enzyme analysis of a DNA sequence
DNAWorks by Hoover and Lubkowski
A web tool for optimizing melting temperature during gene synthesis.
File format converter by Austin Che
Web tool for converting between sequence file formats.
GeneDesign by Boeke lab
Collection of online (and some command line) tools for codon optimization and shuffling, restriction site editing, and so on.
GeneDesigner by DNA2.0
Combine genetic building blocks by drag-and-drop, codon optimize, restriction site editing, sequence oligo design etc. See BMC Bioinformatics 2006 Jun 6;7(1):285 for more detail.
Free to download and works on Mac or PC. User agreement is somewhat restrictive (i.e., does not allow you to sell genes designed on the program without permission). (((That IP restriction is sure gonna crimp some demonic guy's intentions to re-create Stephen King's THE STAND.)))
GenoCAD
An experimental site that relies on formal grammars to design and verify the synthetic DNA sequences.
The theoretical foundations of GenoCAD were published in Bioinformatics.
NEB Cutter by New England Biolabs, Inc.
Tool for finding restriction sites, et cetera. (((One has to like the "et cetera" part.)))
Synthetic Gene Designer by Gang Wu
A web platform that allows codon optimization to various extent.
Compatible with non-standard genetic codes (((I wonder what the world's
least standard genetic code is)))
Integrate CUTG
Restriction site avoidance
Oligo design
Vector NTI by Informax, Inc
Free-to-academics tool for sequence analysis and data management. (((If it were up to me, everything in the world would be "free-to-academics.")))
j5 and DeviceEditor BioCAD online tools
j5: DNA assembly design automation for the SLIC/Gibson/CPEC and (combinatorial) Golden Gate assembly methods
DeviceEditor: a visual DNA design canvas that serves as front-end for j5
RNA Tools
Appendix by Ambion, Inc.
Website with many useful nucleic acid parameters.
mFold by Michael Zuker.
This is the main page with links to sites for predicting RNA and DNA folds, calculating Tm's and free energies.
Protein Tools
Cn3D by NCBI
A helper application for your web browser that allows you to view 3-dimensional structures from NCBI's Entrez retrieval service. It doesn't read PDB files but can be more straightforward to use than DeepView.
DeepView by GlaxoSmithKline & Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Awesome program for viewing and studying protein structure.
ExPASy Proteomics server by the Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics
Collection of links to many pages to calculate parameters of your favorite proteins
Modeller by Sali Lab
For homology or comparative modeling of protein three-dimensional structures.
Zinc Finger Tools by Barbas Lab
Design Zinc Finger DNA binding proteins (((My advice: if they DO apprehend you for rogue synbio, tell 'em that your biopunk gang handle is "Zinc Finger." Like you're Dr. Jimmy "Zinc Finger" Crick-Watson. Then, while you're awaiting your day in federal court as you're cooped up in Guantanamo, at least you'll be famous.)))
CAD Tools
TinkerCell by Deepak Chandran
Construct computational models using biological parts, cells, and modules
Plug-in interface allows contributors to add new features and functions (C and Python)
Designed to bridge computational and experimental biology (((how handy)))
General Tools
Colibri by Institut Pasteur
E. coli genome site; get sequences, see the position of your gene in the chromosome, see the function of your gene, and other fun stuff. (((Yeah man.))) You can also search for protein sequences/motifs within the E. coli genome.
Registry of Standard Biological Parts by MIT
Open repository of BioBricks; the place for all your standard biological parts.
The public instance of the JBEI Registry
A DNA part, plasmid, microbial strain, and Arabidopsis Seed online repository with physical sample tracking capabilities
A site where you can explore the various features of the JBEI Registry software, and even get some work done! (((wry synbio web humor)))
Try out the integrated online tools, including DNA sequence editing and annotation (Vector Editor) and auto-aligning sequencing trace files against a template.
Follow a link to the underlying open-source software source code....
